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- In this photo released by the Press Information Department, newly elected Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif addresses during the National Assembly session, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, April 11, 2022. Pakistan's parliament elected opposition lawmaker Sharif as the new prime minister Monday, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan. (Press Information Department via AP)
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EXPLAINER: What's ahead for politically volatile Pakistan?
By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press
Mon,04/11/22-1:58PM , 258 Reads
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Months of economic discontent in Pakistan were capped by days of tense drama. When the week ended, one of the country's most charismatic prime ministers was ousted, and his replacement was a member of a prominent political dynasty.

And the turmoil may not be over yet, with implications for the whole region.
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- In this photo released by Press Information Department, acting President of Pakistan Sadiq Sanjrani, left, administers the oath of office to newly elected Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif during a ceremony at Presidential Palace, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, April 11, 2022. Pakistan's parliament elected opposition lawmaker Sharif as the new prime minister Monday, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan. (Press Information Department via AP)
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Sharif sworn in as Pakistan's new PM after week of drama
By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press
Mon,04/11/22-3:57AM , 412 Reads
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s parliament on Monday elected opposition lawmaker Shahbaz Sharif as the new prime minister, following a week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of Premier Imran Khan.

Sharif took the oath of office inside the stately, white marble palace known as the Presidency in a brief ceremony.
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- People visit Kusha Kisaldar Shiite Mosque, the site of March 4 suicide bombing, to offer prays for bombing victims, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 9, 2022. In northwest Pakistan the remains of an IS suicide bomber are still visible on the once ornate walls of a mosque where last month more than 63 worshippers died as they knelt in prayer. The bomber, an Afghan identified by IS as Julaybib al-Kabuli, was from the capital Kabul. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)
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Islamic State morphs and grows in Pakistan, Afghanistan
By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press
Mon,04/11/22-1:07AM , 332 Reads
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — Basheer was a young Taliban fighter barely out of his teens when the Islamic State group took over his village in eastern Afghanistan, nearly eight years ago. The militants rounded up villagers identified as Taliban and killed them, often beheading them, forcing their families to watch.
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- Supporters of an opposition party celebrate the success of a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, April 10, 2022. Pakistan's political opposition toppled Prime Minister Khan in a no-confidence vote in Parliament early Sunday after several political allies and a key party in his ruling coalition deserted him. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
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Pakistan's PM vows to fight on after Parliament ousts him
By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press
Sun,04/10/22-5:39AM , 215 Reads
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan in a parliamentary no-confidence vote early Sunday set Pakistan on an uncertain political path, with his supporters taking to the streets in protest and the political opposition preparing to install his replacement.
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